Reader Questions:
Don't Be Out to Lunch Coding This E/M Service
Published on Wed Aug 05, 2020
Question: We reported 99211 for a nurse visit with a Medicare patient when the provider was out at lunch. My office manager said we can’t report it that way, but we aren’t sure if that’s true. Can you advise? Arizona Subscriber Answer: The office manager is correct. For Medicare claims, the physician must physically be in the office at the [...]